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I apologize as well. I wasnt really offended. I'll try to explain a little better... I have been around alot of artists who feel as though their art and their opinion on art is the "all knowing final word" and it truly gets under my skin. Because in my opinion, no matter how good of an artist you are, there is always going to be someone better. If the first sentence was removed from his statement, I would have no problems at all with what he said. But with the way in which he began his opinion or statement, it immediately reminded me of a smug know-it-all artist and I will admit that I put up a defensive from then on. I enjoy this website, I just don't enjoy some of the people and you get that with anything like this, show I will just shut up from now on and just let people say what they want to say...hahaha. Good luck this week.

Re: Seasonal Optimism on the market

Hahaha. I can't vote, but if I could, I would vote for this. Nice work.

Re: Sun on a String

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!

andrewlb wrote:just great

something tells me if i submitted this same design it would be struggling for 10 votes. not my favorite edgar design but not a knock on him either, he is amazing.

Jestik wrote:Only once that I know of, Urban Ice, the fourth place shirt in the winter derby, 12.24.07.

They do their editor's choice ones every now and then. Sometimes 3 in a row.

Re: He's totally gonna make it.

Reminds me of words which I have always found motivational:

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

It is not a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled.
But it is a calamity not to dream.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal,
But it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars.
But it is a disgrace not to have stars to reach for.

Not failure, but low aim is a sin.

Dr Benjamin Elijah Mays -- 1894-1984

sekiyoku wrote:Then why do men's shirts sell out earliest in random shirts? xD

I'm not sure, but I'll give a couple of guesses:

1) Americans are huge!

2) almost no guys are going to buy women's-sized shirts. lots of women will buy men's sized shirts. ergo, sales of men's sized shirts are higher, faster, since both men and women buy them.

3) and men buy bargains.

sekiyoku wrote:l ol. :D

Anyway, thanks for the support, although I'm a she.

A little Louis Armstrong . . . to lighten the mood.

I see shirts of green, and magenta too
I see stick figures, and cute monsters too
And I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

I see folks ignoring . . . adder x-y-u,
No one responding, not saying ‘boo’
And I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

The colors of our shirts . . . so pretty on us guys
The admiration on faces of every passer by
I see glorious works, with no artistic truths
And people ignoring – adder . . . x-y-u.

thatrobert wrote:

Thanks thatrobert! your awards are very encouraging. :] Thanks everyone else too for the nice comments, very much appreciated. I really like the idea of adding a dog too, wootvan.

CrescentDebris wrote:THAT sir, is HILARIOUS!!! Much appreciated!!! =D

Got your message, also no problem. I love how everyone's going "ahuhu ADDER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, HE'S ALONE IN HIS OPINION."

Not even close.

dsatele wrote:A little Ray Charles . . . to lighten the mood.

I see shirts of green, and magenta too
I see stick figures, and cute monsters too
And I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

I see folks ignoring . . . adder x-y-u,
No one responding, not saying ‘boo’
And I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

The colors of our shirts . . . so pretty on us guys
The admiration on faces of every passer by
I see glorious works, with no artistic truths
And people ignoring – adder . . . x-y-u.

I see people who... know you're wrong
by not attributing... to Louis Armstrong
And I think to myself... my world is more wonderful than yours.

wallyrit wrote:Reminds me of words which I have always found motivational:

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

It is not a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled.
But it is a calamity not to dream.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal,
But it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars.
But it is a disgrace not to have stars to reach for.

Not failure, but low aim is a sin.
Dr Benjamin Elijah Mays -- 1894-1984

Awesome and true.

Jestik wrote:I completely agree.

It won't ever happen, but it would be a great nod to both BootsBoots and the supporters of this design. It would be a fast sellout.

Eh, I don't know. I love the design, a lot of us love the design, but I can't help but feel this would have votes worthy of being solidly in the fog if it would sellout THAT fast. I don't doubt it would sell out.

PhilSandifer wrote:I dunno, this one just isn't doing it for me. I'm all for the cute monster concept, and I like the idea, but the look and composition is just leaving me cold - the monster is wide-eyed, but doesn't have any real energy for me, and the buildings look... I dunno. The unrealistic look of them just doesn't work for me.

Nice concept, but I just don't dig the execution.

Yeah, I feel the unrealistic look of the buildings really clashes with the hyper realism of the monster bouncing off into the foreground.[/sarcasm]

I think a lot of what you said makes some sort of sense, but I just don't get this particular criticism.

sekushii wrote:i think the acorn would be big enough to see if you were up close....or if you would just randomly assume

if you want people to notice from far away or more than 75 feet....i doubt it

they would definitely notice the grim and the squirrel

Legibility of a good shirt from 75 feet away shouldn't be a concern, in my opinion. Especially with all of the people clambering for more art and detail here.

Re: keep looking up

Ha, this is cute. I voted.

This design is priceless. There is nothing more valuable than simplicity...for it is a sign of cleanliness, which, no doubt, is next to Godliness. Do I want to look at people and know what kind of beer they drink, just by looking at their shirt? No. In fact, I would rather not know that they drink at all. Does it please my eye to see a mess of colors and shapes on a shirt? You tell me. You've gotta have a pretty messed up mind to take pleasure in obnoxious brand names and designes on a shirt.

Voted

Re: An Optimistic Honey Heist

I smiled when I saw this.

Then I voted.

Nice work!

Re: Reach for the Stars

Yup, I love it. gmv.

AdderXYU wrote:I see people who... know you're wrong
by not attributing... to Louis Armstrong
And I think to myself... my world is more wonderful than yours.

Dang - cant believe I screwed that up. Now corrected above. :D

dsatele wrote:Dang - cant believe I screwed that up. Now corrected above. :D

Double dang-it. Not following my own advice.

AdderXYU wrote:I see people who... know you're wrong
by not attributing... to Louis Armstrong
And I think to myself... my world is more wonderful than yours.

I'm not a huge fan of stick figures either Adder but this one isn't bad... I wouldn't complain if it came in a random.

You should really consider though the possibility that at any given second there are several thousand people on the internet who are wrong... at least several thousand... per second.
Probably more.
If you were to devote your life to correcting them all, even just the ones posting on woot forums, you'd wind up with nearly 5000 posts on shirt.woot.com/forums (oh wait) and a lot less time to do important things like eat sleep and go to the bathroom.

Re: Child Optimist hopes for Jurassic X-Mas Miracle!

my BF would love this shirt

Re: Grim Optimism

AWW *sniff*... how could you not like this?!?

Re: Optimistic Courtship

Aww.. Love is blind!

fourway wrote:If you were to devote your life to correcting them all, even just the ones posting on woot forums, you'd wind up with nearly 5000 posts on shirt.woot.com/forums (oh wait) and a lot less time to do important things like eat sleep and go to the bathroom.

Duty calls?

Re: He's totally gonna make it.

HAHAHHAHAHA! Nice!

moran31 wrote:Very clever, I like it. Well done!

I agree!!!

BrickCitySinger wrote:This comment made me hopeful that I was going to get a really good response from this entry....I guess not.

Oh well, some more feedback please? What don't people like?

This was one of the only designs that riled some laughter out of me, and I definitely would have voted had it not been for the baby blue. That color shirt just looks and feels sloppy when I wear it. It's just a personal dislike of baby blue shirts; the design itself was really amusing.

Re: When life gives you lemons.. make lemon-aid.

Really enjoying that sharp contrast of yellow and cranberry, but the yellow bandages in the box struck me as peeled lemon skin. Is that peel? Did these little guys get their exteriors ripped off?

It makes me laugh to think of the shirt with just one huge smiling lemon; bring these back in a future derby!

mjc613 wrote:I need an explanation. How is this optimism?

It may not be optimism, but from my point of view as far as teenagers are concerned those smileys are freaking cheerful as all hell. This is our future!!!

Re: Chip and a Chair

Special thanks to theinfinityloop, mactraveler, quolace, drakxx, ramyb, halfsilvered, eHalcyon, wootvan, & mjc613 for offering feedback while I was working on this design. I would've added more of your ideas, but just didn't have the time.

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments & votes.

BootsBoots wrote:I just gave you your 30th! I like this one. I really like the style and the colors you used really work well together.

Yay!!! Thanks Boots!!! Its always nice to get a great artists approval on something.

ChefRAZ: I originally drew them as trees, but now that you mention it.......no sorry they're still trees.

Re: He's totally gonna make it.

What a fun shirt... Nice job! I hope they make it.

Re: Cheer Up! She Found You.

Its a shame this probably won't get printed. I like it in a kinda cutesy messed up strange kinda way.

Re: A Wonderful Day

Cool monster EH. Hope it keeps in the fog.

Re: Lil' Goliath

I just scrolled down and found this. It's kinda cool in a crazy way. GMV!!

Re: Seasonal Optimism on the market

I like the style and the reindeer, but im not digging the giant square in the middle.
Nice idea though.

Re: Optimist Prime

hehe. Nice design max.